Trooping the Color. Kate Middleton is all smiles during her first official visit since announcing her cancer

Dressed in all white, Kate Middleton arrived in pouring rain for the Trooping the Color ceremony, an event that marks the sovereign’s birthday every year, this Saturday, June 15. To everyone’s surprise, the Princess of Wales, who was diagnosed with cancer last March, headed out for the first time in months to attend celebrations in honor of her father-in-law, Charles III. If he wears a rather closed face in the first pictures published by AFP, then this appearance is encouraging. Prince William’s wife appeared in a car alongside her children George, Charlotte and Louis and her husband moments before the start of the first military parade in the courtyard of Buckingham Palace.

“I’m learning to be patient”

Kate Middleton, who has not been seen officially since announcing her illness, surprised the world on the eve of the ceremony this Friday, June 14, by releasing a message to finally confirm her arrival. “There are good days and bad days,” he first expressed in a press release published on social networks, noting that, however, sometimes he feels “weak, tired” and that he is not “out of the woods.” “I’m learning to be patient, especially in times of uncertainty. I take each day as it comes, I listen to my body and allow myself to take this healing time that I need so much,” she continued, before announcing that this is why she will be attending the King’s birthday. : “She wanted to be there to support her family,” a royal source later explained Hello magazine!. Behind the gates bordering Buckingham Palace, many royal fans waited for several hours for his arrival.